Once Upon A Mattress...

July 31, 2009---When we left Little Rock we took a different route home. We found that it takes almost the same amount of time to get home with we went through Ruston rather than Memphis. We liked this because we really wanted to see Rick's Memaw and other north Louisiana relatives. As luck would have it, Kathy (Rick's aunt) was going to be in town visiting Memaw and Emma (Rick's cousin) was in a play at the community theater that night. We arrived in town just in time ti have dinner with Memaw and Kathy before going over to the Dixie Center for the Arts to see "Once Upon a Mattress".

"Once Upon A Mattress" is a Broadway musical comedy adaptation of the fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea". It was very funny and the kids really enjoyed it. Emma portrayed Priscilla, the Queen's Lady #2. She was in many scenes in which she sang, danced, and had speaking parts. If I'm not mistaken, this was her fourth play to participate in with the Ruston Community Theater. Emma is a very talented young lady. It's hard to believe she will be entering high school this year!

Toni (Emma's mom) had saved us the entire second row. The Crawford family was ready to cheer Emma on!! She is wearing a burgundy dress in some pictures and a burnt orange in others.

















with Memaw and Kathy:







The play wasn't over until 10:30 pm and we were too tired to drive home so we got a hotel room for the night and drove home the next morning. It was a quick visit but we will get to see them soon for Carmen's wedding!



***Note: Pictures from the scenes of the play were provided by Emma's mom, Toni***